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Date:      Thu, 23 Aug 2001 22:12:25 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
Cc:        Gregory Neil Shapiro <gshapiro@FreeBSD.org>, Matt Dillon <dillon@earth.backplane.com>, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, brian@freebsd-services.com
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/etc/defaults rc.conf src/etc/mtree BSD.var.dist src/etc/namedb named.conf 
Message-ID:  <200108232112.f7NLCPg87549@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>  of "Fri, 24 Aug 2001 00:59:49 %2B0400." <20010824005949.A2676@nagual.pp.ru> 

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> On Thu, Aug 23, 2001 at 13:14:21 -0700, Gregory Neil Shapiro wrote:
> > That is true.  However, then the pid file can not be updated on an `ndc
> > reload` or a HUP:
> > 
> > Aug 20 19:23:22 horsey named[326]: reconfiguring nameserver
> > Aug 20 19:23:22 horsey named[326]: couldn't create pid file '/var/run/named.pid'
> > 
> > Then you end up with a stale, unreliable pid file.
> 
> Yes, it is another reason. If it not will be fixed in short time,
> including ppp-linkup script for dialup users, better back it out until
> patches that fully address all problems will come.

ppp.linkup cannot do anything if it's run by a non-root user.  It 
can't be ``fixed''.

> -- 
> Andrey A. Chernov
> http://ache.pp.ru/

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